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(0)Charles Dickens
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"My dear children, I am very anxious that you should know something about the History of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to know Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle . . ."
So begins The Life of Our Lord, the sincere efforts of Charles Dickens to teach his children about the life, ministry, and mission of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Standard full frame
Language
English
Description
"In this animated tale of love and loss set to the backdrop of the French Revolution, unsuccessful English barrister Sydney Carton becomes enamored with the beautiful Lucie Manette. Lucie, however, is in love with the wealthier Charles Darnay. Lucie ultimately marries Darnay and remains ignorant to Sydney's feelings. Soon, however, Darnay is accused of spying against England and is sentenced to die by the guillotine. Sydney decides that it is his...
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Told in flashback style with a combination of good advise and abusive acts against him, David's journey through life is followed, beginning as a young orphan in Victorian England to an adult who finds resolution to his problems.
15) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Director Roman Polanski offers a slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The once mean and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge was forever changed by his ghostly Christmas Eve encounter. Now one year later, Scrooge receives another posthumous visit from his old business partner. It seems Jacob Marley is not yet finished with Mister Scrooge. Sent on a journey 170 years into the future, Scrooge encounters a world even colder an greedier than his own, a world that includes a young cutthroat businessman named Timothy Cratchit VI.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Thirteen year-old Nell Trent lives with her ailing grandfather in a run down London antique shop, unaware that her grandfather has a ruinous gambling addiction that has left them nearly penniless.
20) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.